TY - BOOK AU - Punmia, B. C. AU - Jain, Ashok Kumar AU - Jain, Arun Kumar TI - Soil mechanics and foundations SN - 8170087910 U1 - 624.15136 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Bangalore, Chennai PB - Laxmi publications (P) ltd. KW - Agricultural Engineering KW - Soil Mechanism N1 - Contents PART 1 ELEMENTARY PROPERTIES Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 soil and soil engineering 1.2 history of development of soil mechanics 1.3 field of soil mechanics, etc Chapter 2 PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS 2.1 soil as a three phase system 2.2 water content, density and unit weights 2.3 specific gravity, etc Chapter 3 DETERMINATION OF INDEX PROPERTIES 3.1 GENERAL 3.2 WATER CONTENT 3.3 SPECIFIC GRAVITY, ETC Chapter 4 CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS 4.1 general 4.2 partial size classification 4.3 textual classification, etc Chapter 5 SOIL STRUCTURE AND CLAY MINERALOGY 5.1 soil structure 5.2 solid particles in soils 5.3 atomic and molecular bonds, etc PART II SOIL HYDRAULICS Chapter 6 SOIL WATER : EFFECTIVE AND NEUTRAL STRESSES 6.1 modes of occurrence of water in soil 6.2 adsorbed water 6.3 capillary water, etc Chapter 7 PERMEABILITY 7.1 introduction 7.2 Darcy's law 7.3 discharge velocity and seepage velocity, etc Chapter 8 WELL HYDRAULICS 8.1 introduction 8.2 some definitions 8.3 steady radial flow to a well : dupuits theory, etc Chapter 9 SEEPAGE ANALYSIS 9.1 head, gradient and potential 9.2 seepage pressure 9.3 upward flow : quick condition, etc Chapter SEEPAGE BELOW HYDRAULICS STRUCTURES 10.1introduction 10.2 piping : exit gradient 10.3 khosla's theory, etc Chapter 11 DRAINAGE AND DEWATERING 11.1 introduction 11.2 ditches and sumps 11.3 well point system, etc PART III ELASTICITY APPLIED TO SOILS Chapter 12 ELEMENTS OF ELASTICITY 12.1 state of stress at a point 12.2 equilibrium equations 12.3 equilibrium equations, etc Chapter 13 STRESS DISTRIBUTION 13.1 introduction : stresses due to self weight 13.2 concentrated force: boussinesq equations 13.3 pressure distribution diagrams, etc Chapter 14 STRESS DISTRIBUTION 14.1 vertical line load 14.2 horizontal line load 14.3 uniform vertical load over a strip, etc PART IV COMPRESSIBILITY Chapter 15 ONE DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION 15.1 introduction 15.2 the consolidation process : spring analogy 15.3 consolidation of laterally confined soil, etc Chapter 16 THREE DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION 16.1 introduction 16.2 three dimensional consolidation equation 16.3 consolidation equation in polar coordinates for axis symmetric case, etc Chapter 17 COMPACTION 17.1 introduction 17.2 standard proctor test 17.3 modified proctor test, etc PART V STRENGTH AND STABILITY Chapter 18 SHEAR STRENGTH 18.1 introduction 18.2 theoretical considerations : Mohr's stress circle 18.3 Mohr-coulomb failure principle, etc Chapter 19 FAILURE ENVELOPES 19.1 introduction 19.2 the Mohr-coulomb failure envelope 19.3 the tresca failure envelope, etc Chapter 20 EARTH PRESSURE 20.1 introduction 20.2 plastic equilibrium in soils : active and passive states 20.3 earth pressure at test, etc Chapter 21 BULKHEADS AND COFFERDAMS 21.1 introduction : sheet-pile walls 21.2 classification of bulkheads 21.3 cantilever sheet pile wall, etc Chapter 22 SHAFTS, TUNNELS AND CONDUCTS 22.1 stress distribution in the vicinity of shafts 22.2 stress distribution around tunnels 22.3 arching in soils, etc Chapter 23 STABILITY OF SLOPES 23.1 introduction 23.2 stability analysis of infinite slopes 23.3 stability analysis of finite slopes, etc PART VI FOUNDATION ENGINEERING Chapter 24 BEARING CAPACITY 24.1 definitions 24.2 minimum depth of foundation : Rankine's analysis 24.3 types of bearing capacity failures, etc Chapter 25 SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS 25.1 types of foundations 25.2 spread footing 25.3 safe bearing pressure, etc Chapter 26 PILE FOUNDATIONS 26.1 types of piles 26.2 pile driving 26.3 load carrying capacity of piles, etc Chapter 27 WELL FOUNDATIONS 27. 1introduction : caissons 27.2 shapes of wells and component parts 27.3 depth of well foundation and bearing capacity, etc PARTVII PAVEMENT DESIGN Chapter 29 DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT 29.1 introduction : types of pavements 29.2 structural elements of a flexible pavement 29.3 stresses in flexible pavement, etc Chapter 30 DESIGN OF RIGID PAVEMENT 30.1 introduction 30.2 stresses due to rigid pavement 30.3 stresses due to wheel load, etc Chapter 31 STABLISATION OF SOILS 31.1 introduction 31.2 mechanical stabilisation 31.3 cement stabilisation, etc PART VII MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS Chapter 32 SITE INVESTIGATION AND SUB-SOIL EXPLORATION 32.1 introduction 32.2 site reconnaissance 32.3 site exploration, etc Chapter 33 ADVANCED MEASURING INSTRUMENTS 33.1 electronic consolidation apparatus 33.2 electronic direct shear apparatus 33.3 electronic triaxle shear test equipment, etc Chapter 34 REINFORCED EARTH AND GEOTEXTILES 34.1 Reinforced earth 34.2 Design of reinforced earth wall 34.3 Geotextiles : definition and types, etc ; Includes references : p. 905-910 . _ Index : p. 911-916 ER -